as in to jump-start
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Recent Examples of kick-start
South Florida specialists want people to know that repairing your liver is possible, and laying off alcohol in January is only one way to kick-start the process.
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Energy tariffs could kick-start or ruin entire industries, throttle undesirable foreign economic activity, and drastically alter environmental outcomes.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
What's next: The vote kick-starts the full design process for the project, which will include community input.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Ohio State did not take too kindly to the move and the brawl kick-started.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2025
Energy tariffs could kick-start or ruin entire industries, throttle undesirable foreign economic activity, and drastically alter environmental outcomes.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
What's next: The vote kick-starts the full design process for the project, which will include community input.
—Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
Ohio State did not take too kindly to the move and the brawl kick-started.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kick-start
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Those declines have left many crew members struggling to find work, and spurred some lawmakers to try to jump-start production in their jurisdictions.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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President Trump has declared an energy emergency, which his team has said would unlock additional powers to jump-start production.—
Rachel Frazin,
The Hill,
21 Jan. 2025
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Kitchen 57 has also resurrected its brunch with new cocktails and special menu items, like short rib hash and popovers with homemade berry jam — and of course those necessities, bottomless mimosas and two-for-one Bloody Marys and Micheladas.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The irony is striking—the man who built his political brand on confronting China now fights to resurrect one of its most effective tools for gathering American data.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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For many Chiefs and Bills fans, this week has rekindled that sentiment.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 Jan. 2025
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Trump's pledge to release the remaining JFK assassination records has rekindled debate over what these files might contain.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Among the encouraging news is recent conversations with Northbrook Court officials about revitalizing the shopping mall, Ciesla said.—
Phil Rockrohr,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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The security, reconstruction, and governance missions should have phased approaches wherein international responsibility and oversight can eventually pass to the PA once it has been revitalized and can prove its ability to manage these tasks.—
Nir Arielli,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Kick-start.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kick-start. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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